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architecture and design magazineFri, 09 Dec 2016 13:24:12 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Standard Studio designs minimal interior for Antwerp glasses storehttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/13/standard-studio-minimal-interior-antwerp-ace-tate-glasses-store/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/13/standard-studio-minimal-interior-antwerp-ace-tate-glasses-store/#respondSun, 13 Nov 2016 21:00:56 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=1005613For its latest store, eyewear brand Ace & Tate enlisted the help of Standard Studio, which created a clean and stripped-back space complete with a colourful artwork. The Ace & Tate Antwerp store is located in a vibrant part of the city, adjacent to the popular Kloosterstraat antiques store. The facade of the building is

Towards the rear of the shop is a "hangout" space, where customers can sit and rest on a pink sofa or go outside to an adjoining courtyard.

A wide, floor-to-ceiling window frames this outdoor space and allows light through to the basement level below.

While the ground floor is a dedicated retail space, the studio dedicated the entire basement to practical services and appointment rooms. A double-height wall by the staircase features vibrant artwork by artist Jordy van den Nieuwendijk.

A slim custom-made cabinet keeps appliances out of sight, while a neon sign brings colour to the otherwise white space.

Other eyewear stores include a Montreal shop by La Shed Architecture that is divided into black and white areas and a Seattle optometrist by local firm Best Practice Architecture featuring a steel-framed enclosure shaped like a house.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/13/standard-studio-minimal-interior-antwerp-ace-tate-glasses-store/feed/0Penthouse finished in stone and walnut tops Chipperfield's Westkaai Towers buildinghttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/12/hans-verstuyft-architects-penthouse-apartment-interior-david-chipperfield-westkaai-towers-antwerp-belgium/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/12/hans-verstuyft-architects-penthouse-apartment-interior-david-chipperfield-westkaai-towers-antwerp-belgium/#respondSat, 12 Nov 2016 21:00:36 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=1005576Belgian practice Hans Verstuyft Architects has restructured the plan and provided minimalist finishes for this penthouse apartment, located in a David Chipperfield-designed building in Antwerp. The residential building, one of Chipperfield's Westkaai Towers on the waterfront in the neighbourhood of Eilandje, is made up of stacked white concrete terraces. The client brought Hans Verstuyft on board while

]]>Belgian practice Hans Verstuyft Architects has restructured the plan and provided minimalist finishes for this penthouse apartment, located in a David Chipperfield-designed building in Antwerp.

The residential building, one of Chipperfield's Westkaai Towers on the waterfront in the neighbourhood of Eilandje, is made up of stacked white concrete terraces.

The client brought Hans Verstuyft on board while structural work was still being undertaken on the interior so that the architects could intervene in the provided floor plan.

The apartment came with 4.8-metre-high ceilings, expansive views and abundant natural light. The architects redesigned the layout around the client's particular lifestyle, and finished the space in a restrained palette based on stone and walnut wood.

"We proposed a layout matching his private situation, his life, his work," said Verstuyft. "By opening the plan from side to side we created a maximal feeling."

The architects arranged the rooms to highlight the width of the apartment and transformed an unneeded third bedroom into a study.

They wanted to connect the spaces in a way that would create "a fascinating circulation with surprising panoramas". So, for instance, the study flows on to the master bedroom, which in turn flows on to an en suite bathroom situated perpendicularly to create privacy.

A bathtub sits in the middle of the en suite, enjoying sweeping views through wall-to-wall windows.

The architects finished the apartment with a stone floor, chalk-coloured walls and crisp, white textiles. Kitchen cabinets are made from American walnut, which is echoed in furniture like the dining table and chairs.

Slim bronze taps, switches and light fittings add warmth to the scheme. The architects describe the apartment as an ideal background for the client's collection of art, which includes work by Andy Warhol, Luc Tuymans and Michaël Borremans.

Hans Verstuyft Architects was founded in 1992, with a mission "to think sober and to reduce".

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/12/hans-verstuyft-architects-penthouse-apartment-interior-david-chipperfield-westkaai-towers-antwerp-belgium/feed/0Zaha Hadid's Port House in Antwerp captured in photography by Hélène Binethttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/27/port-house-antwerp-belgium-zaha-hadid-architects-photography-helene-binet/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/27/port-house-antwerp-belgium-zaha-hadid-architects-photography-helene-binet/#commentsMon, 26 Sep 2016 23:00:26 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=979164Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet has shot the recently completed port authority building in Antwerp by Zaha Hadid Architects, which features a huge glazed volume mounted on its roof. Binet photographed Port House ahead of its inauguration last week. The building is one of a string of projects designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid that are due to be completed

She started working with Hadid in the infancy of the architect's career, shooting her first major project, the Vitra Fire Station, in the early 1990s.

"Her buildings have changed a lot because the materiality has changed and technology has changed so much, and she is really playing with the technology," Binet told Dezeen during an interview last year.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/27/port-house-antwerp-belgium-zaha-hadid-architects-photography-helene-binet/feed/17Zaha Hadid Architects sits rippling glass lump on top of Antwerp port buildinghttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/22/zaha-hadid-architects-faceted-port-house-antwerp-belgium/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/22/zaha-hadid-architects-faceted-port-house-antwerp-belgium/#commentsThu, 22 Sep 2016 18:13:00 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=977492A huge, faceted glass volume sits on the roof of the new headquarters Zaha Hadid Architects has designed for Antwerp's Port Authority (slideshow). Zaha Hadid Architects added the glass extension to a disused fire station in Antwerp's docks to create Port House. First unveiled in 2009, the scheme was one of the most ambitious designs proposed by British-Iraqi

The huge volume measures over 100 metres in length, almost matching the scale of the former fire station below it.

It allows the building to host 500 Port Authority staff who were previously working across separate sites in the Belgian city.

Photography is by Tim Fisher.

The extension is covered in triangular facets – some transparent and others opaque – which are arranged to create a flat surface at the south end and a rippling texture that echoes the water at the north.

Photography is by Hufton and Crow.

"Like the bow of a ship, the new extension points towards the Scheldt, connecting the building with the river on which Antwerp was founded," said ZHA.

"Surrounded by water, the new extension's facade is a glazed surface that ripples like waves and reflects the changing tones and colours of the city’s sky."

Photography is by Hufton and Crow.

The alternating transparent and opaque panels are intended to visually break up the scale of the structure. They also provide ample daylight, shade and views out to the Scheldt river, city and port for workers.

Photography is by Hufton and Crow.

The old fire station is heritage listed so the extension is elevated above its roof, ensuring none of the original facades are concealed.

One end of the glazed structure overhangs the original dormer roof and is propped up by a tapered concrete leg containing an observation point.

Photography is by Tim Fisher.

"The new extension appears as a carefully cut form which changes its appearance with the shifting intensity of daylight," said the firm. "Like the ripples on the surface of the water in the surrounding port, the new facade reflects changing light conditions."

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/22/zaha-hadid-architects-faceted-port-house-antwerp-belgium/feed/67Muller Van Severen furnishes The Apartment in Antwerp with its entire collectionhttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/18/muller-van-severen-furniture-design-the-apartment-antwerp-belgium-graanmarkt-13-valerie-objects-collection/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/18/muller-van-severen-furniture-design-the-apartment-antwerp-belgium-graanmarkt-13-valerie-objects-collection/#respondWed, 18 May 2016 14:05:30 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=903454Belgian studio Muller Van Severen is presenting its collection of furniture and lighting for design brand Valerie Objects inside a luxury apartment in the heart of Antwerp (+ slideshow). The collection – which includes soft leather seats hanging between steel frames and colourful plastic shelves – is currently on show at The Apartment, a space that is part of the Graanmarkt 13

]]>Belgian studio Muller Van Severen is presenting its collection of furniture and lighting for design brand Valerie Objects inside a luxury apartment in the heart of Antwerp (+ slideshow).Photograph by Koen de Waal

Normally, The Apartment functions as private accommodation across the top two floors of Graanmarkt 13, but it has opened its doors to the public for the first time to showcase Muller van Severen's pieces for Belgian brand Valerie Objects.

Photograph by Koen de Waal

The Future Primitives collection on show includes seating and lighting made from a steel tubing system, with the structure left exposed.

It also features shelves based on the polyethylene plastic plates used in the catering industry for food hygiene purposes.

Photograph by Koen de Waal

"All the colours are made for one food, for example yellow is for poultry, blue is for fish, green is for vegetables," said Muller.

"We used all the colours you can have of that material, but it's again the combination of the colours that makes it special," she added.

The studio's Show 10 collection will also be on show, and is made up of colourful lacquered surfaces for shelves, tabletops and seats.

When the exhibition closes on 28 May, each of the pieces will be available to purchase from the ground floor of the Graanmarkt 13 store.

Photograph by Koen de Waal

Muller Van Severen was founded in 2011 by photographer Fien Muller and sculptor Hannes Van Severen. The duo often work with materials that they feel are "pure".

"We chose the materials because we think they are very pure," Muller told Dezeen. "The leather is very natural [and] also the steel tubes are not painted because we like the light in it. When you paint it that's gone."

Photograph by Iphygenia Dubois

Muller Van Severen's collection is on show at The Apartment in Graanmarkt 13 from 13 to 28 May.

Valerie Objects Cutlery Project, which includes pieces by designers including Maarten Baas and Koichi Futatsumata, is also be on show and on sale in the Graanmarkt 13 shop.